The bloody mayhem broke out inside the 149-unit senior center on 26th Avenue near Corporal Kennedy Street in Bayside at around 12 p.m., sources said.
After the 47-year-old man attacked his 72-year-old mother, he went into the living room, sat down on a recliner chair and took the knife to his neck, according to sources. Both are expected to survive.
“It seems he wanted to kill his mother and himself,” said Joseph Schulz, the son of a manager on the property, adding that he called 911 after a “hysterical” home health attendant ran to his door and asked him to.
The man “was in the apartment for a while and he asked the maid to leave for some privacy while he took a shower,” according to Schulz.
Schulz added, “I heard there were some medical troubles or some bad news came in and he seemed to cut her throat and then his own throat.”
Emergency responders rushed the man and the elderly woman to New York Hospital Queens. The man was in critical condition while his mother was in stable condition, officials said. Police recovered a kitchen knife at the scene.
A representative for the senior facility, which is owned and operated by Selfhelp, confirmed there was an incident, but could not provide any immediate details.
